Northern Ireland News for October 2012 : Page 15
Business News, Oct 5, 2012
Hittite Microwave Corporation Offers Cork Job Boost
Cork, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, TD, has announced that Hittite Microwave Corporation, a US semiconductor company, is to establish two operations in Cork. A total o...
Hittite Microwave Corporation Offers Cork Job Boost
Cork, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, TD, has announced that Hittite Microwave Corporation, a US semiconductor company, is to establish two operations in Cork. A total o...
UK National News, Oct 5, 2012
Other News In Brief
London Needs Four-Runway Airport Britain needs to build a four-runway airport in west London or north of the capital if it wants to compete with other European hubs, a report by UK think tan...
Other News In Brief
London Needs Four-Runway Airport Britain needs to build a four-runway airport in west London or north of the capital if it wants to compete with other European hubs, a report by UK think tan...
Business News, Oct 4, 2012
Foster Calls On Businesses To Embrace Export Opportunities
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has renewed the call for local companies to grasp the relevant business opportunities and export their goods and services to the China Hong Kong Region. The Minister...
Foster Calls On Businesses To Embrace Export Opportunities
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has renewed the call for local companies to grasp the relevant business opportunities and export their goods and services to the China Hong Kong Region. The Minister...
Recruitment News, Oct 4, 2012
Workers A Quarter Of The Way Through Wage Dip, Says TUC
Workers are only a quarter of the way through 12-year wage dive, according to the TUC. Workers will have to wait another nine years to get back to the level of income they enjoyed in 2009, during whi...
Workers A Quarter Of The Way Through Wage Dip, Says TUC
Workers are only a quarter of the way through 12-year wage dive, according to the TUC. Workers will have to wait another nine years to get back to the level of income they enjoyed in 2009, during whi...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2012
UKIP To Gain First MLA
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) could be set to acquire its first Northern Irish assembly member. David McNarry, who was expelled from the Ulster Unionist Party last May following investigation by a...
UKIP To Gain First MLA
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) could be set to acquire its first Northern Irish assembly member. David McNarry, who was expelled from the Ulster Unionist Party last May following investigation by a...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2012
Health And Care Consultation Launched
Today sees the launch of a public consultation on a new service framework for health and care services for the elderly. Health Minister Edwin Poots launched the consultation, which sets out standards...
Health And Care Consultation Launched
Today sees the launch of a public consultation on a new service framework for health and care services for the elderly. Health Minister Edwin Poots launched the consultation, which sets out standards...
UK National News, Oct 4, 2012
Missing Girl Hunt Resumes
Dyfed-Powys Police are continuing their search for five-year-old missing April Jones. Police have been given a further 12 hours to question Mark Bridger, 46, who lives locally on suspicion of her abd...
Missing Girl Hunt Resumes
Dyfed-Powys Police are continuing their search for five-year-old missing April Jones. Police have been given a further 12 hours to question Mark Bridger, 46, who lives locally on suspicion of her abd...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2012
Irish Language Funding Scheme Announced
A funding scheme to boost programmes which encourage the development of Irish language skills in Northern Ireland has been announced. Education Minister John O’Down made the announcement during a joi...
Irish Language Funding Scheme Announced
A funding scheme to boost programmes which encourage the development of Irish language skills in Northern Ireland has been announced. Education Minister John O’Down made the announcement during a joi...
UK National News, Oct 4, 2012
Call For Young People Driving Overhaul
Radical measures, such as a minimum one year learning period, restrictions on night time driving and lowering the alcohol limit for driving, are now needed to reduce the high crash risk young drivers...
Call For Young People Driving Overhaul
Radical measures, such as a minimum one year learning period, restrictions on night time driving and lowering the alcohol limit for driving, are now needed to reduce the high crash risk young drivers...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2012
Other News In Brief
Men Charged With Sexual Assault Two men will stand trial following charges in connection with the alleged sexual assault of another man. Belfast Magistrates Court has ruled Martin Doherty, 34...
Other News In Brief
Men Charged With Sexual Assault Two men will stand trial following charges in connection with the alleged sexual assault of another man. Belfast Magistrates Court has ruled Martin Doherty, 34...
UK National News, Oct 4, 2012
UK Return Set For Runaway Teacher
The teacher arrested on suspicion of abducting 15-year-old Sussex schoolgirl Megan Stammers is to be extradited. A French court has ruled that Jeremy Forrest, 30, from Ringmer, East Sussex, can be se...
UK Return Set For Runaway Teacher
The teacher arrested on suspicion of abducting 15-year-old Sussex schoolgirl Megan Stammers is to be extradited. A French court has ruled that Jeremy Forrest, 30, from Ringmer, East Sussex, can be se...
UK National News, Oct 4, 2012
Halfords Reports 'Summer Of Sport' Sales Hike
Halfords has reported a sales boost attributed to success in the Tour de France and Olympic cycling. Like-for-like bike sales excluding new stores soared by 14.7% in the three months to 28 September,...
Halfords Reports 'Summer Of Sport' Sales Hike
Halfords has reported a sales boost attributed to success in the Tour de France and Olympic cycling. Like-for-like bike sales excluding new stores soared by 14.7% in the three months to 28 September,...
UK National News, Oct 4, 2012
Met Officers Make Stolen Jewellery Bust
Camden Police have seized jewellery estimated to be worth tens of thousands of pounds in raids from outlets in the Hatton Garden area on Wednesday, 3 October. Over 50 officers were involved in the ra...
Met Officers Make Stolen Jewellery Bust
Camden Police have seized jewellery estimated to be worth tens of thousands of pounds in raids from outlets in the Hatton Garden area on Wednesday, 3 October. Over 50 officers were involved in the ra...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2012
Man Charged With Fracturing Baby's Skull
A 25-year-old man from West Belfast fractured his baby’s skull causing injuries to her head and face, it is alleged. The man has appeared before Belfast Crown Court, charged with grievous bodily harm...
Man Charged With Fracturing Baby's Skull
A 25-year-old man from West Belfast fractured his baby’s skull causing injuries to her head and face, it is alleged. The man has appeared before Belfast Crown Court, charged with grievous bodily harm...
UK National News, Oct 4, 2012
Other News In Brief
Man Rescued From River Officers from three teams have combined in a united effort to rescue a man from the River Thames. On Wednesday 3 September, a member of the public was alerted to his s...
Other News In Brief
Man Rescued From River Officers from three teams have combined in a united effort to rescue a man from the River Thames. On Wednesday 3 September, a member of the public was alerted to his s...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2012
L'Derry Graffiti Targets 'Drug Dealers'
Graffiti has appeared in various places in L’Derry which claims to expose the names of members of the community involved in the illegal drugs trade. The tagging has been spotted in numerous parts of ...
L'Derry Graffiti Targets 'Drug Dealers'
Graffiti has appeared in various places in L’Derry which claims to expose the names of members of the community involved in the illegal drugs trade. The tagging has been spotted in numerous parts of ...
Recruitment News, Oct 3, 2012
eCommerce Award Winners Announced
The fourth annual eCommerce Awards for Excellence were celebrated yesterday evening at The Brewery in the City of London by a whole host of top British online retailers and industry suppliers, all of ...
eCommerce Award Winners Announced
The fourth annual eCommerce Awards for Excellence were celebrated yesterday evening at The Brewery in the City of London by a whole host of top British online retailers and industry suppliers, all of ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2012
NI Schools To Get Advice On Absenteeism
Northern Irish schools are to receive advice on tackling absenteeism and truancy after the matter was brought before the Assembly. It has emerged that more than 20,000 pupils in Northern Ireland have...
NI Schools To Get Advice On Absenteeism
Northern Irish schools are to receive advice on tackling absenteeism and truancy after the matter was brought before the Assembly. It has emerged that more than 20,000 pupils in Northern Ireland have...
UK National News, Oct 3, 2012
Tesco Profits Dip
Britain's biggest retailer Tesco has revealed a fall in profits for the first time since 1994. Pre-tax profits of £1.7bn for the six months to 25 August, were down 11.6% from the same period last yea...
Tesco Profits Dip
Britain's biggest retailer Tesco has revealed a fall in profits for the first time since 1994. Pre-tax profits of £1.7bn for the six months to 25 August, were down 11.6% from the same period last yea...
UK National News, Oct 3, 2012
West Coast Main Line Deal Cancelled
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has announced that the competition to run trains on the West Coast Main Line has been cancelled following the discovery of significant technical flaws in the way...
West Coast Main Line Deal Cancelled
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has announced that the competition to run trains on the West Coast Main Line has been cancelled following the discovery of significant technical flaws in the way...
UK National News, Oct 3, 2012
Fireman Dies At Olympic Venue
A Suffolk firefighter has passed-away while on a training exercise. Alan Soard, 38, from Lowestoft South fire station, was taking part in a training exercise at an Olympics water sports venue in Hert...
Fireman Dies At Olympic Venue
A Suffolk firefighter has passed-away while on a training exercise. Alan Soard, 38, from Lowestoft South fire station, was taking part in a training exercise at an Olympics water sports venue in Hert...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2012
JJB Shopper Cautioned
A disorderly shopper has been cautioned by police in L’Derry following trouble at a branch of the collapsed JJB Sport chain. Police were called at around 11pm on Monday to the Strand Road, where mass...
JJB Shopper Cautioned
A disorderly shopper has been cautioned by police in L’Derry following trouble at a branch of the collapsed JJB Sport chain. Police were called at around 11pm on Monday to the Strand Road, where mass...
UK National News, Oct 3, 2012
Boy Found On Tube Tracks
An eight-year-old boy has been discovered trespassing on London Underground tracks. He was led to safety by a Tube cleaner, who spotted him on the tracks at Stanmore. The incident occurred last Satu...
Boy Found On Tube Tracks
An eight-year-old boy has been discovered trespassing on London Underground tracks. He was led to safety by a Tube cleaner, who spotted him on the tracks at Stanmore. The incident occurred last Satu...
UK National News, Oct 3, 2012
Police Release Arrested Man Vehicle Picture In Missing Girl Search
Dyfed-Powys Police have released a picture of a blue Land Rover Discovery belonging to a man who has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of April Jones. She was last seen by another ch...
Police Release Arrested Man Vehicle Picture In Missing Girl Search
Dyfed-Powys Police have released a picture of a blue Land Rover Discovery belonging to a man who has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of April Jones. She was last seen by another ch...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2012
Giant's Causeway Exhibit Amended
A controversial exhibit at the Giant’s Causeway has been amended by the National Trust. The controversy began early on in the summer, when an exhibition at the Causeway’s new visitors centre offered ...
Giant's Causeway Exhibit Amended
A controversial exhibit at the Giant’s Causeway has been amended by the National Trust. The controversy began early on in the summer, when an exhibition at the Causeway’s new visitors centre offered ...
UK National News, Oct 3, 2012
Men Questioned Over Salford Flat Death
A man has died at a flat in Salford. Shortly before 1.30am on Tuesday 2 October 2012, police were called by the ambulance service to an address on Sycamore Court in Pendleton. Officers attended and ...
Men Questioned Over Salford Flat Death
A man has died at a flat in Salford. Shortly before 1.30am on Tuesday 2 October 2012, police were called by the ambulance service to an address on Sycamore Court in Pendleton. Officers attended and ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2012
Other News In Brief
Mills Attacker Was Victim's Cousin The case of the murder of David Mills in Ballynahinch has heard new revelations involving the victim’s cousin. 30-year-old John Stanley Foster of Carrigvale...
Other News In Brief
Mills Attacker Was Victim's Cousin The case of the murder of David Mills in Ballynahinch has heard new revelations involving the victim’s cousin. 30-year-old John Stanley Foster of Carrigvale...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2012
'Energy From Waste' Power Plant Denied
A new Energy from Waste (EfW) power plant has been denied planning permission. Environment Minister Alex Attwood has refused planning permission for the plant, which was to be built at Ballyutoag Roa...
'Energy From Waste' Power Plant Denied
A new Energy from Waste (EfW) power plant has been denied planning permission. Environment Minister Alex Attwood has refused planning permission for the plant, which was to be built at Ballyutoag Roa...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2012
1,000 RUC Officers Hired By PSNI
A report has revealed over 1,000 former RUC officers have been hired within the PSNI. One in five RUC officers who initially retired under the Patten reforms of policing were then rehired by Northern...
1,000 RUC Officers Hired By PSNI
A report has revealed over 1,000 former RUC officers have been hired within the PSNI. One in five RUC officers who initially retired under the Patten reforms of policing were then rehired by Northern...
Business News, Oct 3, 2012
Pharmaceutical Company Jobs Boost
Dublin, Minister for Jobs,Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, has announced that Aspen, one of the leading generic pharmaceutical companies in the world, is to create 44 new high quality job...
Pharmaceutical Company Jobs Boost
Dublin, Minister for Jobs,Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, has announced that Aspen, one of the leading generic pharmaceutical companies in the world, is to create 44 new high quality job...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A sunny but frosty start for many. However cloud increases by midday with a few showers reaching the north coast, these mostly light but spreading inland this afternoon. Chilly. Maximum temperature 8 °C.Tonight:A rather cloudy evening with scattered showers. Becoming drier through the night with some good clear spells developing and a patchy frost away from coasts. Minimum temperature 0 °C.